CVE intelligence and bounded remediation

CVE-2021-31784 — Opendesign Drawings Sdk security vulnerability

High CVSS 7.8

An out-of-bounds write vulnerability exists in the file-reading procedure in Open Design Alliance Drawings SDK before 2021.6 on all supported by ODA platforms in static configuration. This can allow attackers to cause a crash, potentially enabling a denial of service attack (Crash, Exit, or Restart) or possible code execution.

Severity
High
CVSS
7.8 (3.1)
Published
2021-04-26
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
software/application
Weaknesses
CWE-787

Affected products

  • opendesign / drawings_sdk
  • siemens / comos

Matched remediation archetype

Buffer bounds, memory safety, and memory corruption

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Check exposure

  • Identify affected native-code versions, build flags, architectures, parsers, codecs, drivers, and input paths in all shipped artifacts.
  • Determine whether untrusted data reaches the affected routine and the process privilege, sandbox, and network exposure.
  • Confirm statically linked, vendored, firmware, and platform-provided copies, not only package-manager records.

Remediate safely

  • Apply the maintained upstream correction or replace the affected component, then rebuild every dependent artifact from clean inputs.
  • Adopt bounds-checked interfaces, validated sizes and integer conversions, clear ownership, and memory-safe components where practical.
  • Enable supported compiler and runtime hardening and add sanitized tests and fuzz regression seeds derived from non-weaponized fixtures.

Authoritative sources

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